It was a long drive today from South Dakota through pieces of Iowa and Nebraska and finally stopping in Missouri. It was a boring drive for the most part until we hit the border of Iowa around Omaha, Nebraska. The recent flooding that plagued the area around I29 has receded but the damage left behind was significant. We started seeing road signs and silos sitting in water then acres and acres of corn fields turning brown and rotting. Since we haven’t kept up with current events since we’ve been camping, we had no idea this area had been devastated by floods and severe weather. Between the tornadoes in April, record rain in June (600% above normal) and the Missouri River rising to unprecedented heights, these states we just drove through have sustained over $130 million in infrastructure damage. So sad. The long drive we had today would have been longer two weeks ago since I29 was closed and underwater. Spending the night in St. Joseph, MO then moving on to a campground near St. Louis tomorrow.
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